OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346399
PROSPERITY DREDGING COMPANY, INC.
BRADENTON BEACH, FL·
Event description
STRUCK BY FLYING PLUG CAP
Investigation abstract
A BLANK ASSEMBLY WAS ATTACHED TO A DREDGE PIPELINE. THIS WAS SO THAT THE WATER C OULD BE BLOWN OUT AND THE PIPE FLOATED TO THE SURFACE. THE CREW DID NOT KNOW THA T THE OTHER END OF THE LINE HAD BEEN CAPPED. WHEN 60 PSI PRESSURE WAS APPLIED, T HE PLUG OF THE BLANK ASSEMBLY WAS BLOWN OUT. IT STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, KILLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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